Improvement in ihkstands



tater @met GIBBoN's c. HICKMAN, or COATESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. A Lem@Patent No; 86,670, am@ Farm 9, 1869.

To all whom-'it may concern y Be it know-n that I, GrBBoNs G. Hrontmx,ofCoates-V ville, in the county of Chester, and State ,of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful VImproveuient in Bottles; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and-exact descriptionthereof, reierencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, which is madeapartof this specifioatiomand which represent-s a 'vertical section of anink-bottle illustratingmy invention.

l My improved bottle is preferably made of glass,'in

the' usual way, and is provided with'a cup-shaped tube,

a, formed in one piecev with its top or side, and projecting downwardtherefrom, either verticallyor ohliquely,

and provided at its-lower extremity with a contracted aperture, u',ineither its end or side, through which it is kept supplied with a smallquantity of the fluid con` tained-in the4 bottle. y 1

4 A well or depression, b, is formed in the `bottom,

" directly beneath this tube, so as to avoid the necessity' of keeping alarge quantity .of fluid in the bottle to cause it to operate; and also(in connection with the downwardly. projecting tube a.) to prevent anyof vthe vcontained liquid being ejected through the dippingaperture bysuddenmotions of the bottle. y

i The upper opening of the tube a may be in the botduction of aninstrument, such as a wire or pen, into the tube, to take out therequisite supply of the fluid for use. l v

Necks l d areprovided for the introduction of the iiuid, and closed bythe customary stoppers e e'. One

only, however, is requisite. and either one ofthem may.

be used.

'the bottle for which aperture.

y This bottle operates, on the well-known principle of thebird-fountain, and, in that respect,4 similarly to y Letters Patent weregranted to me March 3, 1868.

lItmay beemployed for any purpose for vvhich'it is adapted, audits formbe varied to suit the tasteor to better adapt it for any particular use.

I am aware that bird-tbuntaininkstands have be fore been madewith a Wellbeneath the dipping-apen ture, as seen, for example, in the .patent ofWalker,

dated January 6, 1863, but my downwardly-projecting Vtube operates inconnection with the well or depression b in a new and useful manner, toprevent any of the contained liquid being thrown upward with suiicientmomentum toendanger its escape through the dipping- I claim as new,

and desire to secure byl lI'Jetters Patent- The tube d, formed inonepiece Withthe side or 'l of the bottle,.and`extend.ing either verticallyor obliquely downward, with an opening in its bottom or side,

when employed separately from the stopper-aperture,

through which the bottle is`.1led, and in combination .with the well ordepression bin the ettom ofthe bot- I tie, under the said tube a. tom ofa deut'or depression, c, to facilitate the intro- 'Ioy the abovespecification of my said invention I have signed my hand, this 4th dayof June, 1868.

y Gr.v G. HIO'KMAN.

Witnesses:

WM. H. BREm'JToN, J. E. M.'BoW,EN.

